The Codcast

Tune into spirited debate, local stories, and insightful analyses with The Codcast. Hosted each week by a CommonWealth Beacon reporter, the half-hour policy podcast delves into the heart of Massachusetts’s most pressing and intriguing topics. Hear newsmakers, historians, and policy experts tackle statewide housing struggles, immigration policies, little-known histories, surprising political fights, and even take to the sea to visit rising offshore wind turbines.

The Codcast is a news podcast hosted by CommonWealth Beacon, with 463 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

CommonWealth Beacon hosts The Codcast, a news show with 463 episodes published.

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  Artificial intelligence and energy politics collide in Mass.

  Sep 14, 202635 min

  Gov. Maura Healey is all-in on artificial intelligence, but she's also trying to get a handle on soaring energy costs and a growing backlash to the very structures supporting the AI boom — data centers. This week on The Codcast, CommonWealth Beacon reporters Jennifer Smith and Jordan Wolman discuss the governor's new executive order trying to make data centers greener and more responsive to community feedback, and the paradox of pushing for expanded AI usage as communities revolt against its infrastructure. Ep 302: Head over Healey - The Horse Race https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/episode-302-head-over-healey/id1287252103?i=1000655038138 What it means that a state ai assistant will handle your data - The Codcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-it-means-that-a-state-ai-assistant-will-handle/id1111787258?i=1000759887725 Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/tf_m_Kxm-ec Codcast@commonwealthbeacon.org CommonWealthBeacon.org The Codcast is supported by nationalgrid.org

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  The maternal health crisis in a state ranked first in the nation for medical care

  Sep 8, 202631 min

  This week on The Codcast, CommonWealth Beacon reporter Hallie Claflin talks with Alecia McGregor, assistant professor of health policy and politics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Katie Murphy, president of the Massachusetts Nurses Association. They dig into the consequences of recent maternity unit closures in Springfield and Methuen, discuss where Massachusetts stands in terms of maternal health care access, and detail what power the state has, if any, to regulate health service closures and consolidations. YouTube: https://youtu.be/Pu7IwWHjAX4 Support this work: https://commonwealthbeacon.org/support/

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  CEO of Hebrew SeniorLife on long-term care's looming crisis

  Aug 31, 202636 min

  We all need care as we age. Adam Scott leads New England’s largest nonprofit provider of senior care and living communities. He says demand is rising as the Commonwealth’s average age continues to increase. This week on Health or Consequences , Scott discusses how the broader health care crisis is impacting long-term care. Guest: Adam Scott, president and CEO of Hebrew SeniorLife Hosts: Paul Hattis of the Lown Institute John McDonough of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public health America's Wrong Turn : US Health Care in the Neoliberal Era by John McDonough is available now: https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/53872/americas-wrong-turn Question or comment for Health or Consequences? paul.hattis@gmail.com Support this work: https://commonwealthbeacon.org/support/

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  How do all-party primaries change politics? Just look to California

  Aug 24, 202636 min

  Massachusetts voters will decide in November whether to make big changes to the state's primary elections. But it's not a first-in-the-nation experiment: several other states, including California, already have similar systems in which all candidates appear on the same primary ballot and the top two advance to the general election, even if they're from the same party. This week on The Codcast, Chris Lisinski interviews Andrew Sinclair, a government professor at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California about how the Golden State's primary framework came to be, what the effects have been, and what lessons Massachusetts might take. Guest: Andrew Sinclair, professor of government at Claremont McKenna College Youtube: https://youtu.be/LPblRDOF9rY Support this work: https://commonwealthbeacon.org/support/

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  Desperation and a double-bind for Quabbin communities

  Aug 17, 202634 min

  For the towns around the Quabbin Reservoir, managing worsening drought seasons comes with a bitter irony: they surround the essential clean water source for distant Greater Boston, and that means harsher water restrictions than the populous downstream cities. This week on The Codcast, Jennifer Smith talks with fellow CommonWealth Beacon reporter Jordan Wolman about his coverage of Quabbin watershed communities and their push for more state support. https://commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/towns-surrounding-the-quabbin-reservoir-protect-the-water-for-2-7-million-people-in-eastern-mass-theyre-getting-financially-starved-in-the-process/ https://commonwealthbeacon.org/government/state-government/healey-in-new-letter-urges-mwra-to-meet-the-pressing-needs-of-quabbin-reservoir-communities/ Youtube: Codcast@commonwealthbeacon.org CommonWealthBeacon.org

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